>
> > >
> > > > Final Exam:
> > > >
> > > > At York University, there were four sophomores
> > taking Organic Chemistry.
> > > > They had done so well on all the quizzes,
> > midterms and labs, etc., that
> > > each
> > > > had an "A" so far for the semester. These four
> > friends were so
> > confident,
> > > > the weekend before finals,they decided to go to
> > University of Western
> > > > Ontario and party with some friends up there.
> > They had a great time --
> > > > however, after all the hardy-partying, they
> > slept all day Sunday and
> > > didn't
> > > > make it back to York until early Monday morning.
> > > >
> > > > Rather than taking the final then, they decided
> > to find their professor
> > > > after the final and explain to him why they
> > missed it. They explained
> > > that
> > > > they had gone to UWO for the weekend with the
> > plan to come back to
> > study,
> > > > but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the
> > way back, didn't have a
> > > > spare, and couldn't get help for a long time. As
> > a result, they missed
> > the
> > > > final.
> > > >
> > > > The professor thought it over and then agreed
> > they could make up the
> > final
> > > > the following day. The guys were elated and
> > relieved. They studied that
> > > > night and went in the next day at the time the
> > professor had told them.
> > He
> > > > placed them each in separate rooms, handed each
> > one a test booklet, and
> > > told
> > > > them to begin. They each looked at the first
> > problem, worth 5 points. It
> > > was
> > > > something simple about free radical formation.
> > > >
> > > > "Cool," they thought simultaneously, each in his
> > separate room, "this is
> > > > going to be easy." Each one finished the first
> > problem and then turned
> > the
> > > > page. On the second page was written: (For 95
> > points):
> > > >
> > > > Which tire?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Re: Subject: Re: Fwd: Final Exam

Whether the story is true or not, I can say as a York Student, with complete
confidence that this IS something that some of my professors would do to any
group of students with such an excuse.

Just had to put in my two cents.
Dru